Folks in D.C. get paid for getting it wrong

Published: Monday, October 7, 2013 at 06:12 PM.

To the editor:

Guess most people know by now that Congress couldn’t come to an agreement, so some aspects of the federal government has stopped.

Some 800,000 workers are not getting a paycheck. Isn’t it amazing that members of Congress and the president and vice president are still getting paid! The disagreement is over the so-called Affordable Health Care Act, otherwise known as Obama-care.

I, personally, think it is a bad idea but Congress passed it — even though Nancy Pelosi and others admitted they didn’t know what was in it — and decided that we could figure it out later! What a way to run or ruin a country.

Of course, members of Congress, the president and vice president are exempt from being part of Obama-care — they have their own deal paid for by you and me.

Another area where cuts should take place is foreign aid. We give these countries all this money and instead of helping people, the rulers just help themselves. I can’t see how the average American is getting anything out of space travel either. We need a recall election and get rid of all of them.

Guess most people know by now that Congress couldn’t come to an agreement, so some aspects of the federal government has stopped.

Some 800,000 workers are not getting a paycheck. Isn’t it amazing that members of Congress and the president and vice president are still getting paid! The disagreement is over the so-called Affordable Health Care Act, otherwise known as Obama-care.

I, personally, think it is a bad idea but Congress passed it — even though Nancy Pelosi and others admitted they didn’t know what was in it — and decided that we could figure it out later! What a way to run or ruin a country.

Of course, members of Congress, the president and vice president are exempt from being part of Obama-care — they have their own deal paid for by you and me.

Another area where cuts should take place is foreign aid. We give these countries all this money and instead of helping people, the rulers just help themselves. I can’t see how the average American is getting anything out of space travel either. We need a recall election and get rid of all of them.